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News Tournaments

5th February 2024 Comment off

New Singles and Doubles champions at the National U25s

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 February 2024 STOP PRESS A small but very high quality entry for the Singles, including the defending champion Lewis Keates, the Universities champion Marcus Cloke Browne and the Schools champion Shiloh Wu found more than their match in former Universities champion Isaac Weaver from Durham University, who won the […]

News Schools Tournaments

4th February 2024 Comment off

Results from the Northern Schools Championships at Durham

Durham, Saturday, 2nd February 2024 Organiser Julie McIntyre reports: Conditions were perfect for the Northern Schools tournament of 2024, in dry, mild and sunny Durham. Club members and parents had baked in large quantities and the Sedbergh school bus arrived bright and early. The Under 18 Singles games were very competitive as usual, with Sedbergh […]

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31st January 2024 Comment off

Updated Open Rankings published — changes at the top

The Rugby Fives Association 31st January 2024 The RFA is delighted to publish updated National Open Rankings, with 252 players ranked for Singles and 238 for Doubles. In the Singles Top 20 there is upward movement following the British Universities Singles Championship for Marcus Cloke Browne and Isaac Weaver and, following the National Singles, for […]

News Tournaments Womens

29th January 2024 Comment off

New champions at the the Women’s National Championships

Manchester Y Club Saturday/Sunday, 27-28 January 2024 Stop Press: In the absence of the reigning champion, Louise Mathias, the Singles Championship was won for the first time by Camille Beattie from the City of Durham Club. In the final Camille beat Shinan Zhang, who plays her Fives with the London-based Executioners Club. A strong squad […]

News Schools Tournaments

8th January 2024 Comment off

St Paul’s and Winchester dominate the West of England Schools Championships

Sherborne School Saturday/Sunday, 6-7 January 2024 STOP PRESS Players from St Paul’s and Winchester dominated the event, taking all four titles between them and featuring almost exclusively in the finals. The two players from St Paul’s who won the U18 Singles and Doubles are in fact U16s, which may be a first, while Winchester’s successful […]

News Womens

28th December 2023 Comment off

Updated Women’s Rankings after the Durham Ladies

The Rugby Fives Association 28th December 2023 With just the one Women’s tournament since the end-of-season Rankings were published in July, those who entered the Durham Ladies Championship in November have benefited substantially. Runner-up Rosa O. from the Edinburgh Academy rises to number 3 in the Singles rankings, while Durham players past and present Kirsten Bell […]

News Tournaments

18th December 2023 Comment off

Keates & Seddon take the President’s Cup

Marlborough College Sunday, 17th December 2023 STOP PRESS A first President’s Cup for Lewis Keates and Roland Seddon at the end of a customarily long day. Richard Christie & Jim Hughes take the Love Mug, George Fox-Edwards & Sarthak Garella the T-Pot, and Harvey Bishop & Yarin Negyal the Mate’s Plate. A full report to […]

News Tournaments

4th December 2023 Comment off

A second Challenger win for Christian Blackaby

St Paul’s School, Barnes Sunday, 3rd December 2023 STOP PRESS On the day of the National Singles final Penn Chai organised a Challenger event, contested by 16 players outside the Top 16. Victor at the end of the day was Christian Blackaby, for the second time. In the final Christian defeated Basque pelota player Ander […]

News Tournaments

3rd December 2023 Comment off

Ben Beltrami wins his first National Singles Championship

St Paul’s School, Barnes Saturday/Sunday, 2-3 December 2023 STOP PRESS As expected the Big Four made it to the final stages of the competition, with the Big Question: Which of the Four would it be that took the title this year? And the answer was emphatic, with Ben Beltrami defeating, first, defending champion Dan Tristao […]

News Tournaments

13th November 2023 Comment off

3 National Singles qualifying events completed; Draw published

The Rugby Fives Association 13th November 2023 Over the weekend of November 11-12 three qualifying events were held for the National Singles Championship to be held at St Paul’s School the first weekend of December. From these tournaments 12 players will qualify to join the four top-ranked players contesting the Jesters Cup: defending champion Dan […]